Prince Fielder told Colin Fly of the AP that nothing has changed regarding his status with the Brewers (link via the Miami Herald). Fielder told TBS that this is probably his last season with the Brewers, but many people around the game have been saying that for over a year now.

The Pirates secured another losing season with the loss and Bill Brink of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sums up Pittsburgh's up-and-down year nicely: "They traveled to the same destination for the 19th year in a row, but this season, the Pirates took the scenic route."

Besides verbally and factually being able to say the streak of sub .500 baseball is over in Pittsburgh, I don’t see the big deal in being one or two games over instead of under. Either way, you’re probably not going to be a playoff team so who cares?

the Pirates fans, like me, care. we’ve had a horrible baseball team for so long that anything positive would be accepted at this point. although i still know a lot of Pirates fans who don’t consider success as simply breaking .500 but rather making the playoffs.

I really thought this might be the year the streak ended. I think psychologically it has the potential to make a significant impact. At least progress appears to be being made- no more 100 loss seasons on the horizon hopefully. Maybe the scenic route will provide some inspiration to break out of the norm and try something new. Good luck next year Bucs, and Bucs fans.

It’s amazing at the MLB level hitters adjust. He is an example of once he goes around a team or batting order once, they figure him out and adjust to his pitching. He hasn’t been good enough to adjust to their adjustments thus far.

“The Cardinals’ biggest trade of the summer paid off” … Can you go ahead and post this to a Blue Jays blog? They are having trouble understanding how these things work. I dont recall seeing a “Blue Jays Rasmus Trade Paid Off”… you would think the Cardinals traded them Pujols this year, the way they acted over it.

Next year all the cards will have from this trade is a near miss on a playoff spot and Rzepczynski. Rasmus will be in Toronto another 3 years, he has a lot of time to make up for the two relief pitchers the Jays sent to the cards.